Bit about me!!!

Just going to write a short bit about ME!
Well it is for Jack as well so I'm sure its allowed  ;) The family fund awarded me a grant so that I could start my driving lessons to help with getting Jack to and from all the appointments and things that he needs. Ive had my first one now. I had to do a 2 hour lesson and then I had to sit my theory test before they would release anymore funds. The first lesson didn't go as well as I wanted it too I was quite disappointed at myself when I got in. I stalled a couple of times and just didn't feel like I did very well really. It turned out that I wasn't very well though so I'm hoping that the next one goes better. My instructor seems very nice though which at this stage is the main thing really.
I sat my theory test last week. Didn't feel confident at all about the hazard perception clips and then on one of them it said I would get zero points as I clicked an unacceptable amount of times. I really thought that would I failed but as it was I PASSED!! So I have my next lesson on Tuesday morning. Fingers crossed I feel better about it all when I get in after this lesson.

Reception in September

Good evening all,
Havent written in a while and I really should have so I do apologise for my lack of updates. Its been quite a tough time of late with trying to juggle having Jack, a teenager, the other kids and also fit in my driving as well. Bit of an emotional rollercoaster going on.

Anyway I didn't realise just how difficult it would be to try and find the right place for Jack to go to school in September. There are so many things to consider when you send any of your children to school but when you have a child with additional needs it is even harder. Jack being the complex little man that he is makes it hard to know exactly which side to go for. Do you go for a mainstream place with help for him? Or a resourced place? Or a fully specialised school? Really is a hard choice and there seems to be such a shortage of these places available as well. We have been to see both sides of the fence and we do feel that Jack benefits so much from having the mainstream children around him but also having a smaller group as well. We have seen a school that we can really picture him in. The staff were fantastic with him and he seemed to really take to them as well which of course puts us at ease. It has the added benefit of being close to Jacks Nana as well which means that should there be any sort of emergency he has a family member close by.
We have had an email from the town hall to say they will try to accommodate our request so fingers crossed that we get some good news very soon.

World Book Day

Well it was world book day last week and the nursery celebrated with a fancy dress nursery session. They had to go dressed as a magical book character. We sent Jack in wearing a dragon costume and he looked ever so cute. He waited for his Grandad at the front gate so that he could RARRRRR at him when he came. He has got really into dragons and dinosaurs again at the moment. I bought him a dinosaur encyclopedia last time he went through a dino stage but he was a bit too young for it. I came across it the other day whilst cleaning and he absolutely loves it! T-rex is his favourite.

I think you will agree that he makes a pretty gorgeous dragon :)